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Midtjylland vs. PAOK: Facts & Figures
Ahead of the first leg of PAOK’s UEFA Europa Conference League Play Offs clash with Midtjylland, paokfc.gr puts you in the picture about the background to the match in Denmark.
- PAOK have played 10 matches so far in the Conference League and its record is five wins, three draws and two defeats. This is the first year for the new UEFA tournament and the Double-headed Eagle’s first appearance beyond the group stage of a European competition since 2016-17.
- Back then, PAOK progressed to the Round of 32 of the Europa League where they lost out to Schalke thanks to a defeat at the Toumba (3-0) and a draw (1-1) in Germany.
- This was the fourth time PAOK went beyond the group stage in recent years. The first was in 2010-11, where they faced CSKA Moscow and lost the first game at the Toumba, while they drew 1-1 in Russia thanks to a goal by Muslimovic.
- The very next season (2011-12) PAOK went to the next phase again, but this time they were defeated by Udinese after a goalless draw in Italy and a 3-0 defeat in the second leg at the Toumba.’
- In 2013-14 it was Benfica that that stood in PAOK’s way, and they were defeated 1-0 by the Portuguese at the Toumba in the first match, and then 3-0 away.
- This season, PAOK seems to have a special coincidence going on regarding the scores, since all four of its victories have come via 2-0 scorelines, two of the three draws with 1-1 scorelines, and both defeats were via 2-1 results.
- PAOK have faced teams from Denmark a total of three times, with the last two being accompanied by qualifiers. In 2015-16 PAOK prevailed with a 5-0 win against Brondby at the Toumba and with a 1-1 draw in Denmark to qualify from the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League. The last time was this season, where they faced Copenhagen in the group stage of the Conference League, with both teams scoring a victory in each other’s home grounds and both qualifying for the next phase.
- The first time PAOK faced a team from Denmark was in 1977-78, with Vejle qualifying for the third phase of the Cup Winners’ Cup thanks to its 3-0 victory at home and PAOK prevailing 2-1 in Thessaloniki.
